In Marsabit County, slaughtering goats helps save herders

A herder drives goats to a water pan in Laisamis, Marsabit County on June 1,2015. Pastoralists from the area struggle to find buyers for their skinny remaining animals. FILE PHOTO | KEN BETT | NMG

In the scorching 40-degree Celsius heat of this village in northern Kenya, waiting residents take shelter under acacia and palm trees. A group of 30 men queue next to a pen holding about 50 goats.

In the middle of the queue is Mamu Yarra, from the nearby village of Sesi, who has brought a goat to sell today.

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